Compare the social hierarchy of ministers, doctors, and lawyers in the colonial era to modern era. why the change

In Colonial America, there were three main social classes. They were the gentry, the middle class and the poor. The wealthiest, most educated and influential class was the gentry. The gentry owned large farms or plantations. This class incorporated the merchants, doctors, lawyers and ministers.

1 > george s. boutwell

2 > general ulysses s. grant

3 > james a. garfeild

4 > adolph e. borie